This is probably the best chapter anyone could read out of context!

Chapter 16

WHY WON’T YOU LISTEN TODAY? WE’RE JUST TRYING TO PAINT A HALLWAY, Greeny thought. He didn’t hear any of the conversation since he was four halls away. Therefore, he had no idea that he was the one who needed to be found. He continued to rant to Violet in his mind. Twenty-five seconds later, he started hearing a voice besides his own.

“GREENY, WE FOUND THEM!” Blinky screamed.

“GREENY, THEY FOUND ME!” Violet screamed.

“GREENY, I FOUND THE BATHROOM!” Clyde screamed.
I keep hearing my name. This is great! Greeny thought.

“OVER HERE!!!” he screamed back.

“ALRIGHT!!” Blinky replied.
They nearly crashed into each other in the middle of a hallway, but Greeny stopped himself right on time. He wasn’t glad to see Violet, but he was glad she was still in the building. He pulled himself together since Blinky and Clyde were right there too.

“We found you! Alright!” Blinky exclaimed.

“Hey hey!” Greeny greeted them. “Did you find them, or did they find you?”

“Both,” Blinky answered. “I found Clyde and then Violet found us.”

“Good, good,” Greeny smiled. He floated with them back to the hallway the others were at. He desperately wanted to ask Violet why she didn’t stay with the group, but he kept his mouth shut. Five minutes of much slower paced hallway navigation later, they had not reached their destination yet.

“How are we gonna find them?” Clyde wondered.

“URGH! I can’t believe I didn’t think of using my phone flashlight,” Greeny yelled, frustrated. He whipped out his phone, and immediately it brightened the hall. Two more minutes of hallway navigation later, they still hadn’t found everybody else.

“Now what…” Clyde whined.

“I know! I’ll call Silver,” Greeny told them. He tapped on Silver’s number and held the phone up to his side. Silver didn’t pick up the phone.

“Silver forgot his phone, didn’t he…” Violet asked, not expecting an answer.

“Try calling Bronze I’m sure he has his phone!” Blinky recommended.

“Good idea! I’ll do that,” Greeny replied. He tapped on Bronze’s number and held the phone up to the side of his head. Bronze didn’t pick up the phone.

“You’re kidding…” Violet muttered.
Greeny remembered that he instructed everyone not to bring their phones so they wouldn’t lose them in the building. Whyyyy did I bring my own then? he thought. I must have done that out of habit.

“Only one thing left to do… keep on searching…” Clyde complained.

Two and a half minutes of searching with the assistance of Greeny’s flashlight later, they at last found the others. Silver, Pinky, and Bronze jumped up and down with excitement.

“Yay! You found them!” Pinky exclaimed.

“Time… to rest…” Clyde whispered to Blinky, panting.

“I agree…” Blinky responded, taking a deep breath afterwards.

“Did you guys find the bucket?” Bronze asked.
They all froze. Violet, realizing she left it at the entrance when they arrived, volunteered to retrieve it as soon as she had enough energy. Fifteen minutes of rest and five minutes of searching later, Violet brought the bucket.

“Yay!” Silver shouted. “Now where’s the entrance? We need to go back there since that’s where the hallway we need to paint is.”

Violet froze then kept panting heavily. She became extremely annoyed that she didn’t think of leading everyone to the entrance with her.